da betway: When Aiden McGeady is on the ball, the Irishman usually comes up trumps. He scored one of his biggest goals in a Sunderland shirt yet as the Mackems drew with Peterborough last time out.
da dobrowin: Their 1-1 draw was a massive point in the context of promotion. A place in the Championship is entirely in their destiny, with two games in hand over league leaders Hull City.
The Black Cats have another huge game on Saturday afternoon when they face Charlton Athletic, and they do so in excellent form. They sit in third place and haven’t lost since early February; that’s a run of 14 matches in all competitions.
Lee Johnson has inspired a remarkable revival at the Stadium of Light, with his side now better placed for promotion than they have been in the last few years.
With the Addicks to come this weekend, who will Johnson select for the Wearsiders’ latest outing?
The manager admitted in his pre-match press conference on Friday that he had plenty of dilemmas in terms of his starting XI. Denver Hume isn’t a million miles away from starting, while Bailey Wright returned to training this week.
That being said, we doubt the pair of them will start as they continue their respective recoveries from injury.
We’re tipping two changes to be made to the starting XI which picked up a point against Posh. The first is a return to the side for Lynden Gooch.
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Ross Stewart earned a rare start last Monday but such is his lack of match action that it seems unlikely he’ll feature from the off again.
A second change is in defence, where Conor McLaughlin replaces Grant Leadbitter in the starting XI. The £13,000-per-week midfielder’s performances have been sub-par since returning from a dislocated shoulder and, as a result, Max Power moves forward into the middle of the park.
Luke O’Nien and Dion Sanderson continue in defence despite Wright’s return to training.
AND in other news, SAFC flop sees his value fall by 90% after leaving, he’s spent 1,004 days out injured…